Anne Simon, Phd
Assistant Professor, Genetics of Social Behavior,
Department of Biology
University of Western Ontario
Canada
Biography
Anne Simon, PhD Assistant Professor, Genetics of Social Behavior, of Department of Biology at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Research Interest
The identification of the neuro-anatomical circuitry responsible for the observed phenotypes through the manipulation of neuron functions, Testing candidate pathways involved in other types of social behavior and candidate for schizophrenia or autism, and studying their potential interactions, Using forward genetic approaches that cannot be applied to most model systems to identify new genes required for social recognition.
Publications
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Suh GS, Wong AM, Hergarden AC, Wang JW, Simon AF, Benzer S, Axel R, Anderson DJ. A single population of olfactory sensory neurons mediates an innate avoidance behaviour in Drosophila. Nature. 2004 Oct 14;431(7010):854-9.
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Wise A, Tenezaca L, Fernandez RW, Schatoff E, Flores J, Ueda A, Zhong X, Wu CF, Simon AF, Venkatesh T. Drosophila mutants of the autism candidate gene neurobeachin (rugose) exhibit neuro-developmental disorders, aberrant synaptic properties, altered locomotion, and impaired adult social behavior and activity patterns. Journal of neurogenetics. 2015 Jul 3;29(2-3):135-43.
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McNeil AR, Jolley SN, Akinleye AA, Nurilov M, Rouzyi Z, Milunovich AJ, Chambers MC, Simon AF. Conditions affecting social space in Drosophila melanogaster. JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments). 2015 Nov 5(105):e53242-.
